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Sourcing and Scaling University RDM Services. The Realities of Research Data Management , Part 4. Dublin, OH: OCLC Research.  \n[https://doi:10.25333/C3QW7M](https://doi:10.25333/C3QW7M).  \nCONTENTS  \nIntroduction.................................................................................................................................................... 5  \nThe Realities of RDM: A Brief Overview ....................................................................................................... 6  \nDecision Point: How to Acquire RDM Service Capacity ............................................................................... 7  \nSourcing and Scaling RDM Capacity: Case Studies .................................................................................... 9  \nConclusions ................................................................................................................................................. 16  \nAcknowledgments ....................................................................................................................................... 22  \nNotes ........................................................................................................................................................... 23  \nFIGURES  \nFigure 1. RDM Service Categories: A Tour of the Research Data Management (RDM) Service Space .....6  \nFigure 2. Strategic Sourcing of RDM Capacity in Four Case Study Universities ....................................... 12  \nINTRODUCTION  \nIn this report—the fourth and final of OCLC Research’s The Realities of Research Data Management report series—we examine institutional choices for sourcing the provision, and scaling the deployment, of research data management (RDM) services.  \nBy sourcing , we mean where RDM services are developed and managed: i.e. , locally or by an external provider. By scaling, we mean at what scale will the services be deployed: i.e. , at the level of the institution or at scales above or below the institution. In this report, we describe the sourcing and scaling choices made by our case study partners as they acquired RDM capacity and built their RDM service bundles. 1  \nThe Realities of RDM: A Brief Overview  \nThe Realities of Research Data Management is a series of four reports looking at the context, influences, and choices research universities face in building or acquiring RDM capacity. Our findings are derived from detailed case studies of four research universities, hailing from four distinct national contexts: the University of Edinburgh (UK), the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (US), Monash University (Australia), and Wageningen Univer","cbCaii0RgHHUbpxU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaii0RgHHUbpxU","pdf",974477,"English","# Introduction\n## The Realities of RDM: A Brief Overview\n## Decision Point: How to Acquire RDM Service Capacity\n## Sourcing and Scaling RDM Capacity: Case Studies\n## Conclusions\n## Acknowledgments\n## Notes","[{\"question\":\"What does the report mean by “sourcing” and “scaling” RDM services?\",\"answer\":\"Sourcing refers to where RDM services are developed and managed (locally or via an external provider). 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